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| author | Ted Unangst <tedu@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2014-02-27 19:42:29 +0000 |
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| committer | Ted Unangst <tedu@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2014-02-27 19:42:29 +0000 |
| commit | 6dfa515b66e790d01c7cdf5cb56914381ac37132 (patch) | |
| tree | e06e62f4461b3002e04a5e3ba7893eef1ac70291 /distrib | |
| parent | 52f9e9644a2e251531672766303a83ecd304356d (diff) | |
nobody uses dos. ntrw.exe is the future.
Diffstat (limited to 'distrib')
| -rw-r--r-- | distrib/notes/m4.common | 25 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/distrib/notes/m4.common b/distrib/notes/m4.common index 3915e18ebf0..1b569934a2f 100644 --- a/distrib/notes/m4.common +++ b/distrib/notes/m4.common @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ dnl -dnl $OpenBSD: m4.common,v 1.105 2014/02/27 19:29:19 tedu Exp $ +dnl $OpenBSD: m4.common,v 1.106 2014/02/27 19:42:28 tedu Exp $ dnl dnl Copyright (c) 2004 Todd T. Fries <todd@OpenBSD.org> dnl @@ -928,7 +928,7 @@ dnl dnl Various floppy generation instructions. dnl define({:-OpenBSDXferFloppyFromDOS-:}, -{:-Creating a bootable floppy disk using DOS/Windows: +{:-Creating a bootable floppy disk using Windows: First you need to get access to the OpenBSD bootable floppy images. If you can access the distribution from the CD-ROM under @@ -939,24 +939,9 @@ define({:-OpenBSDXferFloppyFromDOS-:}, these are images files and any DOS cr/lf translations or Control-z EOF interpretations will result in corrupted transfers. - You will also need to go to the "tools" directory and grab a - copy of the rawrite.exe utility and its documentation. This - program is needed to correctly copy the bootable filesystem - image to the floppy, since it's an image of a unix partition - containing an ffs filesystem, not an MSDOS format diskette. - - Once you have installed rawrite.exe, just run it and specify the - name of the bootable image, such as "floppy{:--:}OSrev.fs" and the name of - the floppy drive, such as "a:". Be sure to use good quality HD - (1.44MB) floppies, formatted on the system you're using. The - image copy and boot process is not especially tolerant of read - errors. - - Note that if you are using NT, 2000, or XP to write the - images to disk, you will need to use ntrw.exe instead. It - is also available in the "tools" directory. Grab it and - run in with the correct arguments like this "ntrw <image> - <drive>:" + You will also need to go to the "tools" directory and grab a copy of + the ntrw.exe utility. Run it with the correct arguments like this + "ntrw <image> <drive>:" Note that, when installing, the boot floppy can be write-protected (i.e. read-only).-:})dnl |